Woman Is Like A Shadow Riddim – Various Labels

Woman Is Like A Shadow produced by Joe Gibbs, Blackbeard, Coxsone Dodd, Jo Jo Hookim, Dobby Dobson for Street Vibes, Mr Tipsy, Budget, Well Charge in 1976

Woman Is Like A Shadow Riddim comes from 1976 and pulls together a roots-era line of versions tied to producers and labels including Joe Gibbs, Blackbeard, Coxsone Dodd, Jo Jo Hookim, and Dobby Dobson for Street Vibes, Mr Tipsy, Budget, and Well Charge. The set runs 25 tracks deep and stretches from older cuts like I-Roy’s No Shadow and the Meditations connection behind the title to later voicings such as Brent Dowe’s I Want Your Love, Chaka Demus and Pliers’ Ruff This Year, and Jimmy Riley’s What Would You Do. Sugar Minott’s Woman Shadow also anchors the riddim’s history, linking the project to the classic Studio One sound that helped define the original era. With both 1970s roots and 1990s and 2000s reinterpretations, it carries a dark, reflective mood built around shadow imagery, conscious lyrics, and heavyweight vocal turns.

Woman Is Like A Shadow Riddim Tracklist:

1. Brent Dowe – I Want Your Love (1992)
2. Chaka Demus & Pliers – Ruff This Year (1992)
3. Chrisinti – Freedom Reign (2003)
4. Delly Ranks & Kirk Davis – Protect You (2003)
5. Determine – When Will This Be Over (2003)
6. Fragga Ranks & Anthony Red Rose – One More Dead (1992)
7. Gitsy Willis – Dark Shadow (1992)
8. Gospel Fish – Giddy Head (1992)
9. I-Roy – No Shadow
10. Inque – Yes I Will (2003)
11. Jimmy Riley – What Would You Do (2003)
12. Kirk Davis & Shad Du – Guide Me (2003)
13. Linval Thompson – Ghetto Girl (1992)
14. Patchy – I Dont Care (2003)
15. Patrick Rose – What’s Your Name
16. Peter Hunnigale – Crazy
17. Pinchers – Inseparable (2003)
18. Powerman – Fowl Fight (2003)
19. Ranking Trevor – Love Your Sister (1978)
20. Richie Spice – Powers (2003)
21. Sister Nancy – Wicked Like A Me
22. Skullman – Girl Hawk (1992)
23. Sugar Minott – Woman Shadow (1976)
24. The Meditations – Woman Is Like A Shadow (1976)
25. The Meditations – Woman Is Like A Shadow (1977)

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